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Presenting the Pro-Life Message in Southeastern Michigan Since 1970
CANDIDATE SURVEY
LIFESPAN sent the following ten-question survey to each candidate for U.S. House of Representatives,
State Senate (Wayne Co., 4th Dist.), Michigan House of Representatives, County Commissioner and various
other offices in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb Counties. (A separate Judicial Candidate Survey was also
mailed to candidates for Appeals, Circuit, District and Probate Courts. See pages 21-24.)
1.The 1973 U.S. Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision allows for abortion for any reason, even as a method of birth control, even in the late stages of pregnancy. Do you SUPPORT the reversal of this decision?
2.Do you SUPPORT a law banning partial-birth abortions?
July 2016
Inside:
FDistrict Index
page 2
FWayne
County
Candidates
pages 3-8
3.Some public funds are used for abortions or abortion referrals. Do you OPPOSE the use of public funds for abortion or abortion referrals except to prevent the death of a mother?
F Election
Calendar
page 8
4.Human embryonic stem cells and human fetal tissue are used in some medical experimentation which has no beneficial effects for the fetus. Would you SUPPORT legislation that would prohibit the use of embryonic stem cells and fetal tissue research, especially when the killing of the preborn child is necessary for this type of experimentation?
FOakland
County
Candidates
pages 9-15
5.Due to recent revelations of the practices of Planned Parenthood, would you defund Planned
Parenthood?
6.Would you SUPPORT a law banning so-called “reproductive cloning” – cloning meant to result in the birth of a baby?
7.Knowing that the removal of stem cells from human embryos results in the death of those
embryos, would you SUPPORT a law banning so-called “therapeutic cloning” (somatic cell
nuclear transfer)?
8.Do you OPPOSE laws allowing assisted suicide (so called “aid in dying”)?
9.Do you SUPPORT honoring the wishes of patients who want life-saving treatment (including food and water) regardless of their degree of disability, age and “quality of life”?
10.Do you SUPPORT legislation that would protect health care professionals from being forced to distribute medications or provide medical care that violates their moral or religious beliefs?
NOTE: LIFESPAN is not a political organization and does not endorse candidates for election. We have surveyed the
candidates as a service to our members. The questionnaires are on file at LIFESPAN’s Main Office for your perusal. If you
need further verification on a candidate’s stand on these or other issues, please contact the candidate directly.
FMacomb
County
Candidates
pages 16-20
FRegistering
to Vote and
Absentee
Ballots
page 20
F Judicial
Survey and
Candidates
pages 21-24
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT C SS SHAC CC
WAYNE COUNTY
DC
Allen Park City.......................................12 4 13 1 3
24
Belleville City.........................................12 6 21 1 3
34
Brownstown Twp....................................12 6 23 1 3
33
Canton Twp............................................. 11
7 20, 21
1
3
35
Dearborn City..........................................12 39, 15 1 3
19
Dearborn Heights City............................12, 13
5 11, 13
1
3
20
Detroit City.............................................13, 14 1-4
1-10
1
3
36
Ecorse City..............................................
13
16
1
325
Flat Rock City.........................................12 6 17 1 3
33
Garden City.............................................13 5 11 1 3
21
Gibraltar City..........................................12 1 23 1 3
33
Grosse Ile Twp........................................12 1 23 1 3
33
Grosse Pointe City..................................14 2
2 1 3
M
Grosse Pointe Farms City.......................14 2
2 1 3
M
Grosse Pointe Park City..........................14 2
2 1 3
M
Grosse Pointe Woods City......................14 2
1 1 3
M
Hamtramck City......................................
14
24
1
331
Harper Woods City..................................14 2
1 1 3 32A
Highland Park City.................................
13
27
1
330
Huron Twp..............................................12 6 23 1 3
34
Inkster City..............................................13 5 11 1 3
22
Lincoln Park City....................................12 4 14 1 3
25
Livonia City............................................ 11
7 11, 19
1
3
16
Melvindale City......................................13 3 14 1 3
24
Northville City........................................ 11
7
20
1
3
35
(see also Oakland Co.)
Northville Twp........................................11 7 20 1 3 35
Plymouth City.........................................11 7 20 1 3 35
Plymouth Twp.........................................11 7 20 1 3 35
Redford Twp...........................................13 5 10 1 3
17
River Rouge City....................................
13
16
1
325
Riverview City........................................12 1 14 1 3
27
Rockwood City.......................................12 1 17 1 3
33
Romulus City..........................................13 6 12 1 3
34
Southgate City.........................................12 4 13 1 3
28
Sumpter Twp...........................................12 6 17 1 3
34
Taylor City..............................................12 6 12 1 3
23
Trenton City............................................12 1 23 1 3
33
Van Buren Twp........................................ 12
6 12, 21
1
3
34
Village of Grosse Pointe Shores City......14 8
1 1 3
M
(see also Macomb Co.)
Wayne City..............................................13 7 16 1 3
29
Westland City.......................................... 13
6 11, 16
1
3
18
Woodhaven City......................................12 1 23 1 3 33
Wyandotte City.......................................12 1 14 1 3
27
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GOVERNMENTAL UNIT
C SS
SH AC CC
MACOMB COUNTY
DC
Armada Twp. ..........................................10
Bruce Twp. .............................................10
Center Line City...................................... 9
Chesterfield Twp..................................... 10
Clinton Twp.............................................
9
Eastpointe City ....................................... 9
Fraser City .............................................. 9
Harrison Twp. ........................................ 10
Lenox Twp.............................................. 10
Macomb Twp. ........................................ 10
Memphis City ........................................ 10
(also St. Clair Co.)
Mt. Clemens City.................................... 9
New Baltimore ....................................... 10
Ray Twp.................................................. 10
Richmond City........................................ 10
(also St. Clair Co.)
Richmond Twp........................................ 10
Roseville City......................................... 9
Shelby Twp............................................. 10
St. Clair Shores City............................... 9
Sterling Heights City.............................. 9, 10
Utica City................................................ 10
Village of Grosse Pte. Shores.................. 9
(see also Wayne Co.)
Warren City.............................................
9
Washington Twp...................................... 10
42
42
37
42
41B
38
39
41B
42
41A
42
25 33 216
8 36 216
9 28 216
8 32 216
10 24, 31
2 16
9 18 216
9 31 216
8 24 216
8 33 216
10 24 216
25 35 216
8
8
8
8
31
32
33
33
216
216
216
216
41B
42
42
42
25 33
9 22
8 30
8 18
10 25, 30
8 30
8 18
216
216
216
216
2 16
216
216
42
39
41A
40
41A
41A
M
9 22, 25, 28
2 16
8 36 216
37
42
Michigan Legislative Index
Michigan Congressional
State Senate
State House of Representatives
Court of Appeals
Circuit Court
District Court
Codes for District Numbers:
C = Congressional District No.
SS = State Senate District No.
SH = State House of Representatives District No.
AC = Appeals Court District No.
CC = Circuit Court Circuit No.
DC = District Court No.
M = Municipal Court
To locate your Congressperson, State Senator, State Representative or appropriate court, use the lists on this page. If your city
is in more than one district, call your county or city clerk or
the Elections Bureau of the Michigan Department of State at
517-373-2540 or see the website at: www.michigan.gov.sos
Source: A Citizen’s Guide to State Government
Michigan Legislature
GOVERNMENTAL UNIT
C SS
OAKLAND COUNTY
SH AC CC
Addison Twp........................................... 812 4626
Auburn Hills City....................................1112 2926
Berkley City............................................ 913 2726
Birmingham City....................................1113 4026
Bloomfield Hills City..............................1113 4026
Bloomfield Twp....................................... 912 4026
Brandon Twp........................................... 814 4626
Clawson City...........................................
9, 1113 4126
Commerce Twp. .....................................1115 3926
Farmington City......................................11 11 37 2 6
Farmington Hills City.............................14 11 37 2 6
Fenton City............................................. 814 5126
Ferndale City .......................................... 9 11 272 6
Groveland Twp. ...................................... 814 5126
Hazel Park City ...................................... 9 11 272 6
Highland Twp. ........................................1114 4426
Holly Twp. ............................................. 814 5126
Huntington Woods City.......................... 9 11 272 6
Independence Twp. ................................ 812 4326
Keego Harbor City .................................1415 2926
Lake Angelus City...................................1112 4326
Lathrup Village City...............................14 11 35 2 6
Lyon Twp................................................1115 3826
Madison Heights City............................. 9 11 262 6
Milford Twp. ..........................................1115 4426
Northville City........................................1115 3826
(see also Wayne Co.)
Novi City ................................................1115 3826
Novi Twp. ...............................................1115 3826
Oakland Twp........................................... 812
45, 4626
Oak Park City..........................................14 11 27 2 6
Orchard Lake Village City......................1415 2926
Orion Twp............................................... 812 4626
Oxford Twp............................................. 812 4626
Pleasant Ridge City................................. 9 11 272 6
Pontiac City.............................................1412 2926
Rochester City......................................... 813 4526
Rochester Hills City................................
8, 1113 4526
Rose Twp................................................. 814 5126
Royal Oak City....................................... 913 2626
Royal Oak Twp.......................................14 11 27 2 6
Southfield City........................................14 11 35 2 6
Southfield Twp........................................ 912 4026
South Lyon City......................................1115 3826
Springfield Twp....................................... 814 4426
Sylvan Lake City.....................................1412 2926
Troy City.................................................1113 4126
Village of Clarkston City........................ 812 4326
Walled Lake City....................................1115 3826
Waterford Twp........................................1114
43, 4426
West Bloomfield Twp..............................11, 14
15 39, 40
2
6
White Lake Twp......................................1115 4426
Wixom City.............................................1115 3926
DC
52
52
44
48
48
48
52
52
52
47
47
67
43
52
43
52
52
45
52
48
52
46
52
43
52
35
52
52
52
45
48
52
52
45
50
52
52
52
44
45
46
46
52
52
48
52
52
52
51
48
52
52
LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
WAYNE COUNTY
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Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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CANDIDATE
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11th Congressional District
3rd District State Representative
13th Congressional District
4th District State Representative
John Brodersen (R)
April Bonner-Archer (D)
Y YYYYYYYY Y
Wendell L. Byrd (D)
No Response
Burgess Foster (D)
Donavan McKinney (D)
Damian C. Mitchell (D)
12th Congressional District
Lee Qualls (D)
Jeff Jones (R)
Y YYYYYYNY Y
Al Williams (D)
Debbie Dingell (D)
No Response
David A. Trott (R)
Anil Kumar (D)
Jeff Gorman (R)
John Conyers, Jr. (D)
Janice Winfrey (D)
Y YYYYY—YY Y
No Response
No Response
14th Congressional District
Howard Klausner (R)
Brenda L. Lawrence (D)
Terrance Morrison (D)
Venessa Moss (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
STATE SENATE
4th District State Senator
Keith Franklin (R)
No Response
James Cole, Jr. (D)
No Response
Ian Conyers (D)
No Response
Fred Durhal, Jr. (D)
No Response
Patricia J. Holmes (D)
No Response
Vanessa Simpson Olive (D) No Response
Carron L. Pinkins (D)
No Response
Ralph R. Rayner (D)
No Response
H. Helena Scott (D)
No Response
Howard Worthy (D) Y YYYYYYYY Y
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1st District State Representative
William Broman (R)
No Response
Kameshea M. Amos (D)Y YYYYYYYY Y
Brian R. Banks (D)
No Response
Corey J. Gilchrist (D)
No Response
Keith Hollowell (D)
No Response
Pamela Sossi (D)
No Response
Washington Youson (D) No Response
2nd District State Representative
Molly Augustine (R)
Anthony M. Murray (R)
Willie Bell (D)
Jeremy Henner (D)
Angles L. Hunt (D)
E. Regina Jones (D)
Bettie Cook Scott (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Joseph Tate (D)
No Response
Carla Tinsley-Smith (D) No Response
LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
Matt Schonert (R)
Charles A. Bell (D)
Mohammed Hassan (D)
Quincy Jones (D)
Jumar Motley (D)
Rose Mary Robinson (D)
Tracy Russell (D)
Abraham Shaw (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
N YYYNYYYY Y
No Response
No Response
No Response
5th District State Representative
Dorthy Patterson (R)
Fred Durhal (D)
Cynthia A. Johnson (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
6th District State Representative
Attie Pollard (R)
No Response
Dennis L. Black (D)
No Response
Stephanie Chang (D)
No Response
Deirdre Jackson (D)
No Response
Donnie N. Malone, Jr. (D) No Response
Dwayne Redding (D)
No Response
David Sanchez (D)
No Response
Casondria Walker-Keith (D) No Response
7th District State Representative
Gina Alicia Barr (R)
LaTanya Garrett (D)
Bernard Thompson (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
8th District State Representative
Jennifer Rynicki (R)
No Response
Sherry Gay-Dagnogo (D) No Response
Wayne County continued on page 4
Every election is determined
by the people who show up.”
~ Larry J. Sabato ~
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WAYNE COUNTY
✔
Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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9th District State Representative
James Stephens (R)
Annie Carter (D)
Tijuana Morris (D)
Alicia Murphy (D)
William Phillips (D)
Gary S. Pollard (D)
Regina Ross (D)
Sylvia Santana (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
10th District State Representative
William Brang (R)
Mary Cavanagh (D)
Elizabeth Jefferson (D)
Leslie Love (D)
Mary Mazur (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
11th District State Representative
Robert Pope (R)
Dale Prosser (R)
Julie Plawecki (D)
No Response
No Response
Deceased
12th District State Representative
Erik Soderquist (R)
Erika Geiss (D)
Edward F. Martell (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
13th District State Representative
Annie L. Spencer (R)
Frank Liberati (D)
Rebecca Reed (D)
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
14th District State Representative
Darrell Stasik (R)
Jeff Chicoine (D)
Cara Clemente (D)
John A. Maranian (D)
Daniela Peric (D)
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
15th District State Representative
Terrance Guido Gerin (R)
*YYYYYYYYY
Richard B. Johnson (R)
No Response
Paul E. Sophiea (R)
No Response
Norman B. Alsahoury (D)
YYYYYNYNYY
Abdullah Hammoud (D) No Response
Roxanne McDonald (D) No Response
Alex Shami (D)
No Response
Brian Stone (D)
No Response
Jacklin Zeidan (D)
No Response
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CANDIDATE
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16th District State Representative
Pat Gaffka (R)
Matthew Morrow (R)
Robert L. Kosowski (D) YYY YYYY* Y Y
No Response
No Response
17th District State Representative
Joseph Bellino, Jr. (R) YYY YYYYYY Y
Bill LaVoy (D)
No Response
19th District State Representative
Laura Cox (R)
Steve King (D)
Jon Smith (D)
YYY YYYYYY Y
No Response
No Response
20th District State Representative
Jeffrey T. Neilson (R)
Jeff Noble (R)
Chris Roosen (R)
Colleen Pobur (D)
John J. Sullivan (D)
YYY YYYYYY Y
YYY YYYYYY Y
YYY YYYYYY Y
No Response
No Response
21st District State Representative
Derek Moss (R)
Kristy Pagan (D)
No Response
No Response
23rd District State Representative
Michael Frazier (R)
Bob Howey (R)
Mike Taylor (R)
Sherry A. Berecz (D)
Darrin Camilleri (D)
Elayne M. Petrucci (D)
Steven Rzeppa (D)
No Response
YYY YYYYYY Y
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Kym L. Worthy (D)
SHERIFF
Shelly L. Milton (D)
Benny N. Napoleon (D)
Dickie White (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
CLERK
Adam Salam Adamski (D)
YYY YY*
YYYY Y
Cathy M. Garrett (D)
No Response
TREASURER
Beverly Kindle-Walker (D)
YYY NNYYYY Y
Eric Sabree (D)
No Response
LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
WAYNE COUNTY
✔ Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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CANDIDATE
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REGISTER OF DEEDS
9th District County Commissioner
WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
TRUSTEE (non-partisan)
10th District County Commissioner
LaMar Lemmons (D)
Ricardo R. Moore (D)
Bernard J. Youngblood (D)
Scott T. Holiday, Dist. 4
Lee Yancy, Dist. 4
Robin Paul, Dist. 6
Maria Edwards Wheeler, Dist. 6
Alan Anderson, Dist. 7
Patrick Kelley, Dist. 7
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
WAYNE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
1st District County Commissioner
John W. Steininger (R)
Tim Killeen (D)
DaRell Andre Reed (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
2nd District County Commissioner
Jewel Ware (D)
No Response
3rd District County Commissioner
R. L. Lemmons (D)
Anam Miah (D)
Martha G. Scott (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
4th District County Commissioner
Ilona Varga (D)
No Response
5th District County Commissioner
Benjamin Bowman (D)
Michelle Broughton (D)
Irma Clark-Coleman (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
6th District County Commissioner
Carl W. Baxter (D)
Alvin Bowman (D)
Burton Leland (D)
Monique Baker McCormick (D)
No Response
NNNN N N N NYY
No Response
No Response
7th District County Commissioner
Alisha Bell (D)
No Response
Thomas C. Berry (R)
Terry A. Marecki (R)
Patrick Crandell (D)
Joe Barone (R)
Nate Smith-Tyge (D)
No Response
YY—YYYYYYY
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
11th District County Commissioner
A. Haidous (D)
No Response
12th District County Commissioner
Glenn S. Anderson (D)
Susan Mason (D)
No Response
No Response
13th District County Commissioner
Gary Woronchak (D)
No Response
14th District County Commissioner
Raymond E. Basham (D)
No Response
15th District County Commissioner
Patrick D. O’Connell (R)
Patricia D. Hartig (D)
Joseph Palamara (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
Brownstown Twp Supervisor
Andrew Linko (D)
Teri Rybski (D)
YYYYY——YYY
No Response
Brownstown Twp Clerk
Sean Pacheco (D)
Brian Peters (D)
No Response
No Response
Brownstown Twp Treasurer
Mike Eberth (D)
No Response
Brownstown Twp Trustee
Maureen Brinker (D)
John Joseph Cronin (D)
Joseph Grimes (D)
Patrick Killian (D)
John Knappmann (D)
Clyde P. Walters (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
8th District County Commissioner
Diane L. Webb (D)
No Response
Wayne County continued on page 6
LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
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WAYNE COUNTY
✔
Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
N = NO
CANDIDATE
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Pat Williams (R)
Syed Taj (D)
YY Y YYYY YY Y
No Response
Canton Twp Supervisor
Canton Twp Clerk
Thomas Lutkenhoff (R)
Linda Obrec (R)
Michael A. Siegrist (D)
Y Y Y
No Response
No Response
Y
*
*
*
Y
Y
Y
Canton Twp Treasurer
Melissa McLaughlin (R) YY YYYYYYYY
Dian Slavens (D)
No Response
Canton Twp Trustee
John Anthony (R)
No Response
Geoff Boltach (R)
No Response
Darian Moore (R)
YY Y YYYY YY Y
Thomas Yack (R)
YY Y YYYY YY Y
Sommer Nicole Foster (D) No Response
AnneMarie Graham-Hudak (D) No Response
Steven M. Sneideman (D) No Response
Dhaval Vaishnav (D)
No Response
Detroit City Council-at-Large (non-partisan)
Janee Ayers
David Alexander Bullock John W. Cromer
Sigmunt J. Szczepkowski, Jr.
Eric Williams
CANDIDATE
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Huron Twp Supervisor
David A. Glaab (R)
David Haener (D) Marlene C. Krause (D)
YY YYYYY YYY
No Response
No Response
Huron Twp Clerk
Kathlene Van Wasshnova (R) No Response
Antoinette Gracia (D)
No Response
Huron Twp Treasurer
Colleen Lazere (D)
Linda Spangler (D)
Claude E. Wright (D)
YY YYYYY YYY
No Response
No Response
Huron Twp Trustee
John Chont (R)
Michael Glaab (R)
Walter Irodenko (R)
David J. Patterson (R)
Jeremy R. Cady (D)
R. P. Lilly (D)
Donna Puskar Mendrysa (D)
Candace Myshock (D)
Kristy Novicki (D)
Melanie Ann Shepler (D)
Jesse Smrcka (D)
No Response
No Response
NN N YNYY NY N
No Response
Lincoln Park
No Response
Thomas E. Karnes
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Mayor (non-partisan)
No Response
Grosse Ile Twp Supervisor
Lincoln Park Clerk (non-partisan)
Grosse Ile Twp Clerk
Lincoln Park Treasurer (non-partisan)
Brian Loftus (R)
No Response
Ute O’Connor (R)
No Response
Grosse Ile Twp Treasurer
Theodore A. VanOs (R)
No Response
Grosse Ile Twp Trustee
Carl Bloetscher III (R)
James Budny (R)
Walt Kacher, Jr. (R)
Thomas Malvesto (R)
Jim Nelson (R)
Walter J. Pociask (R)
No Response
YY Y YYYY YY Y
No Response
No Response
No Response
YY Y YYYY YY Y
Donna Breeding
No Response
Patricia Lulko
No Response
Lincoln Park City Council (non-partisan)
Chris Dardzinski
Mario DiSanto
Michael Higgins
Larry F. Kelsey
Thomas A. Murphy
Thomas Parkinson
Maureen Tobin
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
NY YYYYY YYY
No Response
No Response
Northville Twp Supervisor
Robert R. Nix II (R)
No Response
Northville Twp Clerk
Sue A. Hillebrand (R)
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No Response
LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
WAYNE COUNTY
✔ Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Northville Twp Treasurer
Marjorie F. Banner (R) No Response
Northville Twp Trustee
Marvin Gans (R)
Symantha Heath (R)
Mindy Herrmann (R) Sonia Scappaticci (R)
Fred Shadko (R)
Ghulam Qadir (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Plymouth Twp Supervisor
Kurt L. Heise (R)
Shannon Price (R)
YYYYYYYYYY
YYYYYYYYYY
Plymouth Twp Clerk
Nancy Conzelman (R)
Jerry Vorva (R)
No Response
NYYYYYYNYY
Mark Clinton (R)
Ron Edwards (R)
Mary L. Siefert (D)
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
Plymouth Twp Treasurer
Plymouth Twp Trustee
Charles J. Curmi (R)
Jack Dempsey (R)
Bob Doroshewitz (R)
Gary Heitman (R)
Michael Kelly (R)
Mike Oliansky (R)
Thomas Parrelly (R)
Alexander Roehl (R)
Don Schnettler (R)
Teresa Somercik (R)
YYYYYYYYYY
**********
No Response
No Response
No Response
YYY*YY* N*
YY
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
YYYYYYYYYY
Redford Twp Supervisor
James I. Bailey (D)
Patricia Kennedy (D)
Tracey Schultz Kobylarz (D)
Pat McRae (D)
Tom O’Connor (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Redford Twp Clerk
Garth J. Christie (D)
CANDIDATE
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Redford Twp Treasurer
Lily Cavanagh (D)
Lynn Ellyn (D)
No Response
No Response
Redford Twp Trustee
Adam Bonarek (D)
Jim Brenner (D)
Joseph T. Czech (D)
Brian Everidge (D)
Kenya Harper-Black (D)
Linda Jackson (D)
Joe Jenkins (D)
Elizabeth Kangas (D)
Jennifer M. Petty (D)
Kim Taylor (D)
Patty Werth (D)
Christopher Williams (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Sumpter Twp Supervisor
Jay Bardell II (D)
John W. Morgan (D)
No Response
No Response
Sumpter Twp Clerk
Deb Callison (D)
Clarence Hoffman, Jr. (D)
Esther Hurst (D)
No Response
No Response
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Sumpter Twp Treasurer
Alan D. Bates (D)
Lydia May Graber (D)
No Response
No Response
Sumpter Twp Trustee
Tim Rush (R)
YYYYYYYYYY
Jerry Anderson, Jr. (D)
No Response
Don LaPorte (D)
No Response
Peggy Morgan (D)
No Response
Matt Oddy (D)
No Response
Jennifer Price (D)
No Response
Ron Barrington Robinson (D) No Response
Jane Stalmack (D)
No Response
Don Swinson (D)
No Response
Wayne County continued on page 8
No Response
Elections belong to the people.
It's their decision.
If they decide to turn their back on the fire
and burn their behinds,
then they will just have to sit on their blisters.
~ Abraham Lincoln ~
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Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Taylor Charter Commission (non-partisan)
Robert J. Chmielewski YYYYYY YY Y Y
Tina Daniels
No Response
Dan Dobbins
No Response
William Craig Faulk
No Response
William Fisher
No Response
Neil Thomas Goeckerman
YYYYYYYYYY
Justin Mordarski
YYYYYY YY Y Y
Doug Reimel
No Response
Van Buren Twp Supervisor
Phillip C. Hart (D)
Brenda McClanahan (D)
Kevin McNamara (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
Van Buren Twp Clerk
Leon Wright (D)
No Response
Van Buren Twp Treasurer
Sharry A. Budd (D)
Harry R. Roesch (D)
No Response
No Response
Van Buren Twp Trustee
Sherry A. Frazier (D)
Kevin Martin (D)
Reggie Miller (D)
Albert Ostrowski (D)
Paul D. White (D)
Anthony Woodford (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
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JULY 30 (by 2 p.m.) - Electors who wish to receive an absent
voter ballot for the August primary by mail must submit
absent voter ballot applications.
AUGUST 1 (up to 4 p.m.) - Electors qualified to obtain an
Remember something, if you will,
about voting: Voting is not a horse race,
you're not going there thinking,
"Gee, I gotta pick the winner so I can brag to
my friends. Oh, I picked so-and-so and he or
she won.” Voting is voting your heart
and voting your conscience and when you've
done that, don't ever, EVER let a Democrat or
Republican tell you that you've wasted your
vote because the fact is, if you DON'T vote
your heart and conscience
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absent voter ballot for August primary may vote in person
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AUGUST 2 (TUESDAY) - STATE PRIMARY
OCTOBER 11 - Last day to register for November General
Election.
NOVEMBER 5 (by 2 p.m.) - Electors who wish to receive
an absent voter ballot for the November general election by
mail must submit absent voter ballot applications.
NOVEMBER 7 (up to 4 p.m.) - Electors qualified to obtain
an absent voter ballot for November general election may
vote in person in clerk’s office.
NOVEMBER 8 (TUESDAY) - GENERAL ELECTION
~ Jesse Ventura ~
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LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
OAKLAND COUNTY
✔ Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8th Congressional District
38th District State Representative
9th Congressional District
39th District State Representative
11th Congressional District
40th District State Representative
14th Congressional District
41st District State Representative
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
26th District State Representative
43rd District State Representative
Mike Bishop (R)
Melissa Gilbert (D)
Christopher R. Morse (R)
Sander Levin (D)
David A. Trott (R)
Anil Kumar (D)
Howard Klausner (R)
Brenda L. Lawrence (D)
Terrance Morrison (D)
Venessa Moss (D)
Randy LeVasseur (R)
Jim Ellison (D)
YYYY YYYYYY
Withdrew
No Response
No Response
YYYY YYYYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
YYYY YYYYYY
No Response
27th District State Representative
Kyle Forrest (R)
Stefan Graziano (R)
Robert Wittenberg (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
29th District State Representative
Garren W. Griffith (R)
Peter Trzos (R)
Tim Greimel (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
35th District State Representative
Robert Brim (R)
Jeremy Moss (D)
No Response
No Response
37th District State Representative
Matt Beer (R)
Mitch Swoboda (R)
Christine Greig (D)
No Response
YYYY YYYYYY
No Response
Kathy S. Crawford (R) YYYYYYYYYY
Carson Daniel Lauffer (R)
YYYYYYYYYY
Jason G. W. Dorsch (D) No Response
Amy McCusker (D)
No Response
Klint Kesto (R)
Michael Stack (D)
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
Michael D. McCready (R) No Response
Nicole Bedi (D)
No Response
Martin Howrylak (R)
Ryan Manier (R)
Cyndi Peltonen (D)
Jim Tedder (R)
Ted Villella (D)
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
44th District State Representative
Jim Runestad (R)
Mark Venie (D)
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
45th District State Representative
Michael Webber (R)
Immanuel Eickholdt (D)
Ted Golden (D)
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
46th District State Representative
Joe Kent (R)
John Reilly (R)
David Lillis (D)
YYYYYYYYYY
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
51st District State Representative
Joseph Graves (R)
Katherine Houston (R)
John Lauve (R)
Ryan Bladzik (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Oakland County continued on page 10
Those who stay away from the election
think that one vote will do no good.
‘Tis but one step more to think
one vote will do no harm.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
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OAKLAND COUNTY
✔
Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
EXECUTIVE
L. Brooks Patterson (R)
Vicki Barnett (D)
Mark Danowski (D)
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
N = NO
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Y Y Y Y
No Response
No Response
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Mike Goetz (R)
Jessica R. Cooper (D)
SHERIFF
Michael J. Bouchard (R)
Craig S. Covey (D)
No Response
No Response
TREASURER
John P. McCulloch (R)
Andy Meisner (D)
YYYYY YY YYY
Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
No Response
No Response
Y Y Y Y
No Response
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
3rd District County Commissioner
Michael Spisz (R)
Michelle McClellan (D)
YY YY Y YY YY Y
No Response
4th District County Commissioner
Tom Middleton (R)
Phillip Reid (D)
YYY YYYYYY Y
No Response
No Response
No Response
Ekbal Bahoda (R)
No Response
Christine A. Long (R) YYY YYYYYY Y
Frederick Golding (D)
No Response
8th District County Commissioner
Phil Weipert (R)
Roland J. Schneider (D)
YYY YYYYYY Y
No Response
9th District County Commissioner
Hugh D. Crawford (R) YYY YYYYYY Y
Colleen Crossey (D)
No Response
2nd District County Commissioner
Salvatore Delia (R)
Bob Hoffman (R)
Robert Kleven (R)
Rhonda Carr (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
7th District County Commissioner
OAKLAND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
1st District County Commissioner
Michael J. Gingell (R)
Michelle Bryant (D)
Tom J. Berman (R)
Tom Isaacs (R)
S. Bobby Jasti (R)
Pat Ogg (R)
Philip A. Trzos (R)
Jane Felice-Boudreau (D)
Julia A. Pulver (D)
5th District County Commissioner
Eileen Kowall (R)
Kimberli Troutt (D)
No Response
No Response
Y Y Y Y
No Response
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6th District County Commissioner
CLERK/REGISTER OF DEEDS
Tina Barton (R)
Bill Bullard, Jr. (R)
Lisa Brown (D)
Michael D. Smith (D)
CANDIDATE
10th District County Commissioner
David B. Foster (R)
Terry Haines (R)
David Bowman (D)
No Response
YYY YYYYYY Y
No Response
11th District County Commissioner
Doug Tietz (R)
Bob Storc (D)
YYY YYYYYY Y
No Response
12th District County Commissioner
Chuck Moss (R)
YYY YYYYYY Y
Shelly Goodman Taub (R)
YYY YYYY*
YY Y
Charles Gaba (D)
No Response
13th District County Commissioner
Michelle Dinardo (R)
Max Rohtbart (R)
Marcia Gershenson (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
14th District County Commissioner
No law can give me the right
to do what is wrong.
Bill Dwyer (R)
William Miller III (D)
No Response
No Response
~ Abraham Lincoln ~
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OAKLAND COUNTY
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Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
N = NO
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CANDIDATE
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15th District County Commissioner
Bloomfield Twp Supervisor
Adam Kochenderfer (R)
Mary Ward (D)
No Response
No Response
Leo C. Savoie (R)
David Thomas (R)
16th District County Commissioner
Wade Fleming (R)
Charles Salgat (D)
Bloomfield Twp Clerk
No Response
No Response
Susie Kern (R)
Janet M. Roncelli (R)
17th District County Commissioner
Regina Brim (R)
David A. Cuttner (R)
Nancy Quarles (D)
No Response
N Y N
No Response
N
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Y
18th District County Commissioner
No Response
No Response
20th District County Commissioner
David J. Harrell (R)
YYYYY YYYYY
J. Karl Jackson (R)
No Response
Gary R. McGillivray (D) No Response
Y
YY YYYYY YY
No Response
Bloomfield Twp Treasurer
Dan Devine (R)
Brian E. Kepes (R)
Y
YY YYYYY YY
No Response
Bloomfield Twp Trustee
Jeffrey Axt (R)
Neal Barnett (R)
Kirk R. Brannock (R)
David B. Buckley (R)
Geoff Hockman (R)
19th District County Commissioner
Michael Ryan (R)
YYYYY YYYYY Corinne Khederian (R)
Michael Schostak (R)
Dave Woodward (D)
No Response
Dani Walsh (R)
Steven Zimberg (R)
Helaine Zack (D)
No Response
Y
YY YYYYY YY
Y
YY YYYYY YY
No Response
Y
YY YYYYY YY
Y
YY YYYYY YY
No Response
No Response
No Response
Y
YY YYYYY YY
Brandon Twp Supervisor
Jayson W. Rumball (R)
Kathy Thurman (R)
No Response
No Response
21st District County Commissioner
Brandon Twp Clerk
Addison Twp Supervisor
Brandon Twp Treasurer
Addison Twp Clerk
Brandon Twp Trustee
Richard A. Van Camp (R) No Response
Janet Jackson (D)
No Response
Bruce Pearson (R)
Pauline Bennett (R)
No Response
No Response
Addison Twp Treasurer
Lori Fisher (R)
No Response
Addison Twp Trustee
Deanna K. Cushing (R) YYYYY YYYYN
Jennie Eller (R)
No Response
Linda Gierak (R)
No Response
Joel King (R)
No Response
Philip Marshall (R)
No Response
Jacob Newby (R)
No Response
Erich Senft (R)
No Response
Candee Allen (R)
No Response
Terri Darnall (R)
Y
YY Y*YYN*YY
Susan M. Hollingshead (R)No Response
Dana M. DePalma (R)
Kris J. Kordella (R)
Robert S. Marshall (R)
Elizabeth Waters (R)
Patricia A. Salter (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Commerce Twp Supervisor
David E. Scott (R)
Thomas K. Zoner (R)
No Response
No Response
Commerce Twp Clerk
Melissa Creech (R)
Kelly Finn (R)
Robert Long (R)
No Response
No Response
Y
YY YYYYY YY
Oakland County continued on page 12
LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
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✔
Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Commerce Twp Treasurer
Molly B. Phillips (R)
No Response
Bob Berkheiser (R)
John Hindo (R)
Vanessa Magner (R)
Rick Sovel (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Commerce Twp Trustee
CANDIDATE
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Mark C. Freeman (R)
No Response
Patrick Feeney (R)
Steve Ruth (R)
Mark A. Cornwell (D)
Maria Howard-Smith (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Holly Twp Treasurer
Holly Twp Trustee
Groveland Twp Supervisor
Independence Twp Supervisor
Groveland Twp Clerk
Independence Twp Clerk
Groveland Twp Treasurer
Independence Treasurer
Groveland Twp Trustee
Independence Twp Trustee
Robert DePalma (R)
Pamela Mazich (R)
David Ax (R)
Dale Cason (R)
Merilyn McGee (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Highland Twp Supervisor
Rick A. Hamill (R)
No Response
Highland Twp Clerk
Tami Flowers (R)
Catherine Kristian (R)
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
Highland Twp Treasurer
Judy Cooper (R)
No Response
Highland Twp Trustee
Mary Pat Chynoweth (R)
Chuck Dittmar (R)
Scott Green (R)
Brian Howe (R)
Beth Lewis (R)
Lee G. McCarty (R)
Mary McDonnell (R)
Joseph M. Salvia (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
George A. Kulis (R)
Dale M. Smith (D)
No Response
No Response
Holly Twp Supervisor
Patrick J. Kittle (R)
Barbara A. Pallotta (R)
Paul A. Brown (R)
Jose Aliaga (R)
Rachel Loughrin (R)
Tony Miller (R)
Ronald A. Ritchie (R)
Andrea K. Schroeder (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Lyon Twp Supervisor
John Dolan (R)
Stephen Emsley (R)
No Response
No Response
Michele Cash (R)
No Response
Lyon Twp Clerk
Lyon Twp Treasurer
Patricia D. Carcone (R)
No Response
Lyon Twp Trustee
Lise Blades (R)
Daniel L. Cash (R)
Jim Chuck (R)
Kristofer Enlow (R)
John Hicks (R)
Edward Kriewall (R)
Phil Mitchell (R)
Sean O’Neil (R)
Chriss Roberts (R)
Mark J. Schultz (R)
Joe Shigley (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Holly Twp Clerk
Richard I. Kinnamon (R) No Response
Karin S. Winchester (R) No Response
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OAKLAND COUNTY
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Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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CANDIDATE
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Milford Twp Supervisor
Orion Twp Supervisor
Milford Twp Clerk
Orion Twp Clerk
Milford Twp Treasurer
Milford Twp Trustee
Donni Steele (R)
Mark C. Thurber (R)
Don Green (R)
Holly Brandt (R)
No Response
No Response
Cynthia Dagenhardt (R)
No Response
Randal Busick (R)
William E. Mazzara (R)
Dale R. Wiltse (R)
Brien R. Worrell (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Novi Twp Supervisor
John F. Juntunen (R)
No Response
Novi Twp Trustee
Ray Schovers (R)
Tony Galdikas (D)
No Response
No Response
Oakland Twp Supervisor
Michael Bailey (R)
Terry R. Gonser (R)
Andy Zale (R)
YY Y YY YY Y YY
Y Y Y Y Y* Y Y Y Y Y
YY Y YY YY Y YY
Oakland Twp Clerk
Karen Reilly (R)
Judy Workings (R)
YY Y YY YY Y YY
No Response
Oakland Twp Treasurer
Jeanne Langlois (R)
YY Y YY YY Y YY
Oakland Twp Trustee
Dominic Abbate (R)
Brian Blust (R)
Robin Buxar (R)
Jayson Corey (R)
Frank Ferriolo (R)
John Giannangeli (R)
Jeaneane Landers (R)
Lana Mangiapane (R)
Robert Ricketts (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
YY Y YY YY Y YY
No Response
No Response
YY Y YY YY Y YY
YY Y YY YY Y YY
No Response
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Chris Barnett (R)
Penny S. Shults (R)
Jenn Zielinski (R)
No Response
YYYYYYY YYY
No Response
Orion Twp Treasurer
No Response
No Response
Orion Twp Trustee
Brian Birney (R)
Tony Cook (R)
Michael Flood, Jr. (R)
Neal Porter (R)
Ron Sliwinski (R)
John Steimel (R)
Courtney F. Shafer (D)
YYYYYYY YYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
YYYYYYY YYY
No Response
William Dunn (R)
No Response
Curtis W. Wright (R)
No Response
Oxford Twp Supervisor
Oxford Twp Clerk
Oxford Twp Treasurer
Joseph G. Ferrari (R)
YYYYYYY YYY
Oxford Twp Trustee
Melvin Cryderman (R)
Jack Curtis (R)
Patti K. Durr (R)
Elgin L. Nichols (R)
Margaret J. Payne (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Oakland County continued on page 14
You can either vote by voting
or vote by not voting.
If you don’t vote,
someone else’s vote counts more.
IT’S MATH.
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Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Rose Twp Supervisor
Dianne Scheib-Snider (R) No Response
Rose Twp Clerk
Debbie Miller (R)
No Response
Rose Twp Treasurer
Paul J. Gambka (R)
Dior Rushton (R)
No Response
No Response
Rose Twp Trustee
Philip Allmen (R)
Teresa Blaska (R)
Marilee Carstens (R)
Glen Noble (R)
No Response
No Response
YYYYYYYY YY
No Response
Rose Twp Constable
David A. Allemon, Jr. (R) No Response
Emile Bair (R)
No Response
Royal Oak Twp Supervisor
David W. Ford, Jr. (D)
Cary M. Junior (D)
Delwayne Owens (D)
Donna Squalls (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Royal Oak Twp Clerk
Janice Terrell Brinkley (D) No Response
Gwendolyn W. Turner (D) No Response
Royal Oak Twp Treasurer
Cynthia A. Phillips (D)
No Response
Royal Oak Twp Trustee
Cherie Anderson (D)
Karen D. Ballard (D)
Jolie Dixon (D)
Patrick W. Harbin, Sr. (D)
Richard D. Miles (D)
Kim S. Tillery (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
NYYYNYYY YN
Southfield Twp Supervisor
Phillip Schmitt (R)
No Response
Southfield Twp Clerk
Sharon Tischler (R)
CANDIDATE
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Dan Nelson (R)
Bonnie Cook (D)
Paul J. Scarcello (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
Southfield Twp Trustee
Springfield Twp Supervisor
David F. Smith (R)
Collin Walls (R)
No Response
No Response
Springfield Twp Clerk
Laura Moreau (R)
YYYYYYYYYY
Springfield Twp Treasurer
Jamie L. Dubre (R)
No Response
Marc Cooper (R)
Judy Hensler (R)
Dave Hopper (R)
Craig Spicer (R)
Denny Vallad (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Springfield Twp Trustee
Waterford Twp Supervisor
John A. Scott (R)
Gary Wall (R)
Tom Wilhelm (R)
YYYYYYYYYY
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
Waterford Twp Clerk
Julie Brown (R)
No Response
Sue Camilleri (R)
No Response
Rita Holloway-Irwin (D) No Response
Waterford Twp Treasurer
Margaret Birch (R)
YYYYYYYYYY
Anthony Barolotta (R)
Linda Hardacre (R)
Michael Healy (R)
Karen Joliat (R)
Matt Marko (R)
Steve Thomas (R)
Kent Douglas (D)
Donna F. Kelley (D)
Matthew K. McClure (D)
Robin McGregor (D)
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Waterford Twp Trustee
No Response
Southfield Twp Treasurer
Janet Mooney (R)
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OAKLAND COUNTY
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Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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West Bloomfield Twp Supervisor
Steven Kaplan (D)
No Response
Sam Logan Khaleghi (D) No Response
West Bloomfield Twp Clerk
Debbie Binder (D)
Mary Schulman (D)
Cathy Shaughnessy (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
West Bloomfield Twp Treasurer
Muhommed Hussain (D) No Response
Gary Morof (D)
No Response
Teri Adelberg Weingarden (D) No Response
West Bloomfield Twp Trustee
Paul Karmo (R)
No Response
Don Perry (R)
No Response
Sheila Siegel Weissman (R) No Response
Jim Manna (D)
No Response
Patty Richie (D)
No Response
Howard Rosenberg (D)
No Response
Igor Shpunt (D)
No Response
Diane Rosenfeld Swimmer (D)No Response
Jonathan Warshay (D)
No Response
Jason Negri,
PLLC
No Response
No Response
White Lake Twp Clerk
Terry Lilley (R)
Matt Sprader (R)
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White Lake Twp Treasurer
Mike Roman (R)
No Response
White Lake Twp Trustee
Frank James Cavanaugh (R) No Response
Martin Cirulik (R)
No Response
Peter Piccinato (R)
No Response
Michael C. Powell (R)
No Response
Mark Ross (R)
No Response
Scott Ruggles (R)
No Response
Liz Fessler Smith (R) YYYYYYY YYY
Andrea C. Voorheis (R)
No Response
LIFESPAN’s Annual Pro-Life Brunch
Featuring
White Lake Twp Supervisor
Rik Kowall (R)
Doug Hankes (D)
Saturday, October 22, 2016
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We are still finalizing the place where we
will have this important event.
Watch for the registration forms and
additional information in the next
LIFESPAN News!
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Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9th Congressional District
Christopher R. Morse (R)
Sander Levin (D)
No Response
No Response
10th Congressional District
Tony Forlini (R)
Paul Mitchell (R)
Phillip Pavlov (R)
Alan Sanborn (R)
David VanAssche (R)
Frank Accavitti, Jr. (D)
YYY YYYYYYY
YYY YYYYYYY
YYY YYYYYYY
YYY YYYYYYY
YYY YYYYYYY
No Response
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
18th District State Representative
Renata Polonaise (R)
Steven Joseph Fleck (D)
Paul R. Francis (D)
Kevin Hertel (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
22nd District State Representative
Jeff Bonnell (R)
John Chirkun (D)
Nicole Reid (D)
YYY YYYYNY Y
No Response
No Response
24th District State Representative
Steve Marino (R)
YYY YYYYYY Y
Arzo F. Smith (R)
YYY YYYYNY Y
Daryl L. Smith (R)
No Response
Dana Camphous-Peterson (D) No Response
25th District State Representative
Ronald Simon Albers (R)
YYY YYYYYY Y
Steve Naumovski (R) YYY YY*
Y/N*
YYY Y
Jacqueline Sproles (D)
No Response
Henry Yanez (D)
No Response
28th District State Representative
Antoine M. Davison (R)
Patrick Green (D)
Paul M. Kardasz (D)
Lori M. Stone (D)
Mike Westphal (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
30th District State Representative
Joseph Bogdan (R)
Diana Farrington (R)
Jackie Ryan (R)
Michael Shallal (R)
Michael R. Notte (D)
John Spica (D)
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YYY YYYYYY Y
YYY YYYYYY N
YYY YYYYYY Y
YYY YYYYYY Y
No Response
No Response
CANDIDATE
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31st District State Representative
Austin Negipe (R)
Lisa Valerio-Nowc (R)
Michael Brewington (D)
William J. Sowerby (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
32nd District State Representative
Pamela Hornberger (R) YYYYYYYYYY
Michael Shmina (R) YYYYYYYYYY
Justin Tranchita (R)
YYYYYYYYYY
Paul Manley (D)
No Response
33rd District State Representative
Colleen Carl (R)
Julianne Cusumano (R)
Charles Karafa (R)
Mel Koch (R)
Steven Joseph Stoll (R)
Jeff Yaroch (R)
Yani Warda (D)
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
Y*
YYYY*
Y*YY*
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
36th District State Representative
Peter J. Lucido (R)
Diane Young (D)
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Michael R. Wrathell (R)
Eric J. Smith (D)
No Response
No Response
SHERIFF
Philip Neumeyer (R)
No Response
Paul M. Smith (R)
No Response
Anthony Wickersham (D) No Response
CLERK/REGISTER OF DEEDS
Sylvia Grot (R)
Debera Guenther (R)
Karen A. Spranger (R)
Julie Ann Williams (R)
Denise Doherty (D)
Fred Miller (D)
Paul Wojno (D)
TREASURER
Larry Rocca (R)
Erin A. Stahl (R)
Paul Viar (R)
Derek E. Miller (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
YYY Y Y*Y YY YY*
No Response
No Response
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER
Joseph M. Hunt (R)
No Response
Candice S. Miller (R) YYYYYYYYYY
Anthony Marrocco (D) No Response
LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
MACOMB COUNTY
✔
Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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MACOMB COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
1st District County Commissioner
Danita Buchholtz-Feirstein (R)No Response
Andrey Duzyj (D)
No Response
2nd District County Commissioner
Ronald C. Michals (R) Y*Y*Y*Y Y*Y/N*Y NY*Y*
Marvin E. Sauger (D) YYYYYY YY
YY
3rd District County Commissioner
Ryan Hurd (R)
Veronica Klinefelt (D)
No Response
No Response
4th District County Commissioner
Ron Babin (R)
YYYYYYY—YY
Norbert Golembiewski (R)
YYYYYYYY YY
Joseph V. Romano (R)
No Response
Joel Thomas (R)
YYYYYYYY YY
Liz Sierawski (D)
YYYYYYYY YY
5th District County Commissioner
Maria Grot (R)
Roger Lonsway (R)
Robert Mijac (D)
John Myers III (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
6th District County Commissioner
CANDIDATE
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10th District County Commissioner
Greg Fedon (R)
Linda Burns Torp (R)
Michael A. Boyle (D)
Raymond D. Contesti (D)
Jimmy Gwizdala (D)
Robert A. Leonetti (D)
Matt Wojcik (D)
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
11th District County Commissioner
Mark Henry (R)
Kathy Tocco (D)
No Response
No Response
12th District County Commissioner
Jeff Ford (R)
James M. Perna (R)
Bob Smith (D)
YYYYYYYYYY
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
13th District County Commissioner
Frank Cusumano (R)
Leon Drolet (R)
Anthony D. Giglio (R)
Joe Sabatini (R)
Arnold Slominski (R)
Martha O’Kray (D)
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
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James Louis Carabelli (R)
YYYYYYYY YY
Ken Reid (D)
No Response
7th District County Commissioner
Don Brown (R)
Patricia Leitzel (D)
No Response
No Response
8th District County Commissioner
Phil Kraft (R)
Anne Nicolazzo (R)
Paul Esposito (D)
David R. Lusk (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
9th District County Commissioner
Douglas M. Trost (R)
No Response
Mark Brewer (D)
No Response
Elizabeth Ann Lucido (D) No Response
Abortion is legal because babies can’t vote.
~ Joseph Bonkowski ~
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MACOMB COUNTY
✔ Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Armada Twp Supervisor
Donald L. Eison (R)
Al Goetzinger (R)
John W. Paterek (R)
Paul S. Lafata (R)
Linda Hartman (D)
Valerie Manninen (R)
Peg Smith (R)
N Y Y
No Response
No Response
No Response
Chesterfield Twp Trustee
YYY YY*Y Y YY Y
No Response
Armada Twp Treasurer
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Chesterfield Twp Treasurer
No Response
No Response
No Response
Armada Twp Clerk
Monica Job (R)
Mary K. Swiacki (R)
CANDIDATE
Y
Y
Y
Y
N
N
Y
Hank Anderson (R)
Brian Scott DeMuynck (R)
David Joseph (R)
Kathy D. Vosburg (R)
Christine Bell (D)
Jon DeRoo (D)
John Grivas (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
YYY YYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
Armada Twp Trustee
Clinton Twp Supervisor
Bruce Twp Supervisor
Clinton Twp Clerk
Bob Abraham (R)
Camille Finlay (R)
Richard Cory (R)
Mike Fillbrook (R)
Tadd Siglow (R)
No Response
YYY YY Y Y YY Y
Kim Meltzer (R)
George J. Sobah (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
Phil Rode (R)
Paul Gieleghem (D)
Susan Brockmann (R)
No Response
Trese Servitto-Smith (R) No Response
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Bruce Twp Trustee
Mark Falker (R)
Paul Okoniewski (R)
No Response
YYY YY Y Y YY Y
Chesterfield Twp Supervisor
Daniel J. Acciavatti (R)
Joe Miller (R)
Michael E. Lovelock (D)
No Response
No Response
No Response
Chesterfield Twp Clerk
Cindy Berry (R)
Loraine DeMuynck (R)
Patrick M. Militello (R)
Michele Ficht (D)
Wendy Jones (D)
David Alan Wilemski (D)
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No Response
No Response
Clinton Twp Trustee
Bruce Twp Treasurer
No Response
Y Y Y
No Response
No Response
Clinton Twp Treasurer
Bruce Twp Clerk
Dana Jenuwine (R)
Deborah S. Obrecht (R)
Robert J. Cannon (R) YYY YYYYYYY
Dean Joseph Reynolds (D) No Response
YYY YY Y Y YY Y
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Joe Aragona (R)
Cathy Kirk (R)
Leon Melise (R)
Jim Carlone (D)
Ray Hernandez (D)
Ernest Hornung (D)
Mike Keys (D)
Philip Kurczewski (D)
Kenneth Pearl (D)
Jenifer Jo West (D)
Diane Zontini (D)
YYY YYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
YYY YYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Harrison Twp Supervisor
Kenneth Verkest (R)
James Senstock (D)
YYY YYYYYYY
No Response
Harrison Twp Clerk
Adam Wit (R)
James Wietecha (D)
No Response
No Response
Harrison Twp Treasurer
Darrin S. York (R)
Chris Burden (D)
No Response
No Response
LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
MACOMB COUNTY
✔
Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
N = NO
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Harrison Twp Trustee
Brian W. Batkins (R)
Bill Bitonti (R)
Scott Cortese (R)
Michael H. Rice (R)
Marshall Rosquin (R)
Bill Servial (R)
Larry Tomenello (R)
William Bardill (D)
David Bratto (D)
YYYYYY YYYY
No Response
YYYYYY YNYN
YYYYYY YYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Kathy Riedel Honold (D) N Y Y
Marnie Ickes (D)
No Response
Y
N
Y
Y
N
Y
N
Thomas Scott Clifford (D) No Response
Michelle Gurley (D)
No Response
Karen A. Turchi (D)
No Response
Macomb Twp Supervisor
YYYYYY YYYY
No Response
Macomb Twp Clerk
Charles T. Missig (R)
Kristi Pozzi (R)
Mickey D. Todd (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
Macomb Twp Treasurer
Karen M. Goodhue (R)
No Response
Macomb Twp Trustee
Dino Bucci (R)
Timothy F. Bussineau (R)
Clifford W. Freitas (R)
Roger M. Krzeminski (R)
Nancy J. Nevers (R)
Michael J. O’Lear (D)
Joseph Jarzyna (R)
Dan Jensenius (D)
Ray Twp Clerk
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Ray Twp Trustee
Lenox Twp Trustee
Janet Dunn (R)
Mark H. Grabow (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
Ray Twp Supervisor
Rita Harman (R)
Douglas C. Stier (R)
No Response
No Response
Lenox Twp Treasurer
Michael Bernier
Bill Ford
Laura L. Fournier
Ray Twp Treasurer
Lenox Twp Clerk
LuAnne Kandell (D)
Joe Marino (D)
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Mount Clemens Commission (non-partisan)
Paula Artman (R)
Lori R. Lascoe (R)
Lenox Twp Supervisor
Chris Boyd (D)
Ron Trombly (D)
CANDIDATE
YYYYYY YYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
YYYYYY YYYY
No Response
Charles Bohm (R)
Betty L. Grader (R)
Tom Hancock (R)
No Response
No Response
No Response
Richmond Twp Supervisor
Cindi Greenia (R)
Stephen Murphy (R)
No Response
No Response
Richmond Twp Clerk
Catherine LaFontaine (R) No Response
Penny Tibbits (R)
No Response
Richmond Twp Treasurer
Deborah J. Davidson (R)
Robert Szalka (R)
No Response
No Response
Richmond Twp Trustee
Christopher DeVos (R)
Vern John Kulman (R)
No Response
No Response
Shelby Twp Supervisor
Richard Batchelder (R)
Rick Stathakis (R)
No Response
YYYYY YYYY Y
Shelby Twp Clerk
Stanley Grot (R)
No Response
Shelby Twp Treasurer
Michael Flynn (R)
Nick Nightingale (R)
No Response
No Response
Macomb County continued on page 20
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MACOMB COUNTY
✔ Candidate Questionnaire Responses
KEY: Y = YES
CANDIDATE
N = NO
* = with qualifications/comments (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
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Shelby Twp Trustee
Anthony Apone (R)
Julius Dallo (R)
Grant G. Golasa (R)
John Vermeulen (R)
Vince Viviano (R)
Lynn M. Wilhelm (R)
Douglas C. Wozniak (R)
No Response
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
YYYYYYYYYY
No Response
No Response
No Response
Washington Twp Supervisor
Michele M. Milam (R)
Dan O’Leary (R)
No Response
YYYYYYYYYY
Washington Twp Clerk
Kathy Bosheers (R)
Laura Rossell (R)
No Response
No Response
Washington Twp Treasurer
Joe Fortuna (R)
Mike Nicley (R)
No Response
No Response
Absentee Voting
Washington Twp Trustee
Stanley Babinski (R)
No Response
Art Grimes (R)
No Response
Abby Jacobson (R)
No Response
Harold Miller (R)
No Response
Brandon Noll (R)
No Response
Sebastian Sam Previti (R)
YYYYYYYYYY
Bob Randall (R)
No Response
Charrae Trocki (R)
No Response
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Register and Vote!
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Never underestimate the power of the ballot.
One of the greatest strengths of America is that all citizens are provided a voice through the voting booth. And
every vote does count! Many an election has been won by
a handful of votes or even just one vote.
But before you can vote in an election, you must be
registered. Registering to vote is an easy process. In fact,
Michigan was the first state in the nation to implement
“motor/voter” registration, allowing residents to register
to vote at any Secretary of State branch office. Today, over
88 percent of all eligible voters are registered.
To register, you must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old
by election day and a Michigan resident. Any Secretary of
State branch office or county, city or township clerk’s office
can register you. In addition, specified agencies providing
services through the the Department of Human Services,
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the Department of Community Health, the Michigan Jobs
Commission, and military recruitment centers also provide
voter registration services.
You may also register to vote by mail—forms are
available at your local clerk’s office or from the Secretary
of State web site. If you register to vote by mail, and you
have moved to a new voting jurisdiction or are registering
for the very first time, you must vote in person in the first
election in which you participate. The only exceptions are
if you are 60 years old or older, disabled as defined by law
or temporarily living overseas.
You also have the option of registering to vote when
you renew your driver license by mail. Eligible drivers
receive a voter registration application in the mail with
their driver license renewal information.
As you can see, there are several options for you to
choose from when registering to vote. But no matter where
or how you register, you will vote in your assigned precinct
in your hometown.
F Download an absentee ballot application at
www.michigan.gov/sos
F Send your absentee ballot request form to your clerk
at: www.michigan.gov/sos Absentee voter ballots are available for all elections.
They provide voters with a convenient method for casting a ballot when they are unable to attend the polls on
election day.
As a registered voter, you may obtain an absentee voter
ballot if you are:
F age 60 years old or older
F unable to vote without assistance at the polls
F expecting to be out of town on election day
F in jail awaiting arraignment or trial
F unable to attend the polls due to religious reasons
F appointed to work as an election inspector in
a precinct outside of your precinct of residence.
A person who registers to vote by mail must vote in
person in the first election in which he or she participates.
The restriction does not apply to overseas voters, voters
who are disabled or voters who are 60 years of age or
older. (Voting in person on one governmental level clears
the restriction on the other levels. For example, if a voter
subject to the restriction votes in person at a school election,
the voter would be free to obtain an absentee ballot for the
first state election in which he or she wishes to participate.)
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LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
JUDICIAL CANDIDATE SURVEY
LIFESPAN sent the following three-question survey to each candidate for judicial office in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb
Counties, including Appeals Court, Circuit Court, District Court and Probate Court. Candidates were also asked to state, in
50 words or less, their judicial philosophy as it relates to matters of statutory interpretation. Statements provided by judicial
candidates are on file at LIFESPAN’s Main Office. Please call for further information. The following questions are intended to canvas your judicial philosophy. These questions are not directed
at any particular case that you may have previously ruled upon, are about to rule upon or may rule upon
in the future.
1. Which of the following groups of United States Supreme Court Justices possess a judicial philosophy that is closest to your own? Please mark your selection.
ABCD
A. Former Justice Antonin Scalia and Justice Clarence Thomas
B. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy and former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
C. Former Justice David Souter and former Justice John Paul Stevens
D. Justice Ruth Bader Binsberg and Justice Stephen Breyer
2. Which book most closely captures your judicial philosophy? Please mark your selection.
ABCD
A.
A Matter of Interpretation, by Antonin Scalia
B.
Rights from Wrongs, by Alan Dershowitz
C. Active Liberty, by Stephen Breyer
D. Feminist Legal Theory: Readings in Law and Gender, edited by Katharine T. Bartlett and Roseanne Kennedy
3. Which statement most closely captures your judicial philosophy as it relates to matters of Constitutional interpretation? Please mark your selection.
ABCD
A. Our State and Federal Constitutions should be interpreted by ascertaining the original meaning of the words that make up these documents.
B. Our State and Federal Constitutions should be interpreted by ascertaining the current meaning of the words that make up these documents.
C.
D.
Our State and Federal Constitutions provide general outlines of societal goals. The interpretation of our Constitutions can change over time to reflect the changing views of society. Constitutional interpretation should not be so stringent as to preclude the flexibility needed in a changing society.
A judge ought not commit to methods of constitutional interpretation before a case is heard. A judge should consider the arguments of the litigants and select a method of constitutional interpretation that produces a fair and equitable result in each case before the court.
4. In 50 words or less, on the reverse side of this questionnaire, describe your judicial philosophy as it relates to matters of statutory interpretation.
NOTE: LIFESPAN is not a political organization and does not endorse candidates for election. We have surveyed the candidates
as a service to our members. The questionnaires are on file at LIFESPAN’s Main Office for your perusal. If you need further
verification on a candidate’s stand on these or other issues, please contact the candidate directly.
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JUDICIAL CANDIDATES
WAYNE COUNTY
Candidate Questionnaire Responses
✔ JUDICIAL
V
KEY:
additional statement provided­ (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
JUDICIAL CANDIDATE
1234V
JUDICIAL CANDIDATE
1234V
COURT OF APPEALS
1st District
DISTRICT COURT
17th District Court
Nicole James
Cynthia Diane Stephens
Kurtis T. Wilder
No Response
No Response
No Response
CIRCUIT COURT
3rd Circuit
E. Lynise Bryant-Weekes
Eric William Cholack
James R. Chylinski
Delicia Taylor Coleman
Rebekah R. Coleman
Felicia Courtright
Melissa Anne Cox
Matthew M. Evans
Wanda A. Evans
Robert Ficano
Patricia Susan Fresard
Alexis A. Glendening
Tracy E. Green
David Alan Groner
Adel A. Harb
Cynthia Gray Hathaway
Thomas John Hathaway
Susan L Hubbard
Muriel Diane Hughes
James Humphries
Timothy M. Kenny
Kenneth J. King
Michelle Letourneau-McAvoy
Karyn L. Macdonald
Sheila Gibson Manning
Brian L. Morrow
Bruce Underwood Morrow
John A. Murphy
Lita Helene Popke
Kelly Ann Ramsey
Isaac Robinson
Ron D. Robinson
Suzette Samuels
Mark Slavens
Martha M. Snow
Brian R. Sullivan
Regina Thomas
Michael Thomas Woodyard
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
AAAV
No Response
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No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
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No Response
No Response
No Response
AAAV
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
A
A
A
V
No Response
No Response
Karen Khalil
19th District Court
Abbie Bazzi
Susan A. Dabaja
Gene Hunt
24th District Court
Richard Page
25th District Court
David J. Zelenak
30th District Court
Brigette Officer-Hill
33rd District Court
Jennifer Coleman Hesson
34th District Court
Brian A. Oakley
35th District Court
Michael J. Gerou
36th District Court
Lydia Nance Adams
Christopher M. Blount
Richard J. Bowers, Jr.
Izetta F. Bright
Ruth C. Carter
Kahlilia Yvette Davis
Deborah Geraldine Bledsoe Ford
Austin W. Garrett
Adrienne Hinnant-Johnson
Kenyetta Stanford Jones
Kristine Longstreet
B. Pennie Millender
Cylenthia LaToye Miller
David A. Perkins
Millicent Sherman
Coral Watt
Larry D. Williams, Jr.
PROBATE COURT
Lisa Marie Neilson
Lawrence J. Paolucci
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No Response
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No Response
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A
A
A
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JUDICIAL CANDIDATES
OAKLAND COUNTY
Candidate Questionnaire Responses
✔ JUDICIAL
V
KEY:
additional statement provided­ (call LIFESPAN 734-524-0162)
JUDICIAL CANDIDATE
1234V
APPEALS COURT
2nd District
Colleen A. O’Brien
51st District Court
No Response
CIRCUIT COURT
6th District Circuit Court
Rae Lee Chabot
Hala Jarbou
Cheryl A. Matthews
Daniel Patrick O’Brien
Jeffery S. Matis
Lorie Savin
Victoria Valentine
DISTRICT COURT
43rd District Court
Joseph Longo
46th District Court
Cynthia M. Arvant
Dorothy Dean
Kameshia D. Gant
Marc S. Herschfus
Eman H. Jajonie-Daman
Devlin K. Scarber
47th District Court
Marla Parker
48th District Court
Marc Barron
50th District Court
Preston G. Thomas
JUDICIAL CANDIDATE
1234V
No Response
No Response
No Response
A
A
No Response
No Response
No Response
Andrea Dean
Todd Fox
Mary Mara
AAAV
No Response
No Response
52nd District Court - 1st Division
Gary Klein
David Law
No Response
AAAV
A
V
52nd District Court - 2nd Division
Kelley Kostin
No Response
52nd District Court - 3rd Division
Nancy Tolwin Carniak
No Response
52nd District Court - 4th Division
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
No Response
Kristen Nielsen Hartig
No Response
PROBATE COURT
Kathleen Ryan
Jennifer Callaghan
Karen Geibel
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No Response
No Response
AAAV
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To view the Public Ballot for YOUR county,
jurisdiction and precinct, go to:
webapps.sos.state.mi.us/MVIC/
SelectPublicBallot.aspx
and follow the prompts to see the actual ballot
that YOU will see on election day.
No Response
It is not sufficient to think that, since candidate X
takes the “right position” on other issues such as the economy, foreign relations, defense, etc.,
but only goes wrong on abortion,
one can in good conscience, vote for him/her.
Abortion deals with the first and most basic human right,
without which there is nothing left to talk about.
~ Matthew Habiger, OSB ~
LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
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JUDICIAL CANDIDATES
MACOMB COUNTY
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Richard L. Caretti
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Right to Life – LIFESPAN
2017 “MOVEMENT IN MOTION” Youth Bus Trip
to Washington, DC for the Annual March for Life
Dates: depart evening of January 26th, arrive home morning of January 29th
7th-12th Grade Students and College Students are Invited.
7th/8th grade students must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
Cost is $185.00 per person
Includes bus trip, host church for Friday night, and 2 breakfasts,
1 lunch and 1 dinner (two extra meals than last year)
Add an extra $9 if you do not have the required LIFESPAN beanie hat
that we will use for identification in the crowd. We will order one for you!
Registration will begin September 1st and end October 31st
(or sooner depending on how quick the LIFESPAN buses fill up).
For further information about the trip and to get registration forms
when they become available in August, please e-mail
Lynn Gura, Youth Director,
at [email protected] and she will respond!
If you need to speak to her by phone, call the office at 248-816-1546.
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"If you can't get past the candidates,
think of the Supreme Court.
The next president may have as many as three
(or even more) opportunities
to nominate candidates to the court.
Do you want 30-40 more years
of what we have had, or worse,
or a chance to redirect the course of
our country?"
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Lynn Gura, Ofc. Staff & Youth Director
Wayne County
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It’s time to SAVE! We are taking pre-orders for the
2017 Entertainment Books with the 2017 Premier Dining
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As a special bonus, when you pay your $30, you will
also receive the 2016 Entertainment Book and the 2016
Premier Dining Book which are good until December 30,
2016. That is FOUR books for the price of one! Supplies
of the 2016 Books are extremely limited and are given
out with pre-order on a first-come-first-serve basis.
Activate the card that comes in the book and use the
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or friend who has a smartphone so
that you both benefit! Last year,
I saved over $175 dollars before I
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Cast your VOTE
What can a pro-life person do as we approach this
election? First of all, educate yourself! Get a copy of a
sample ballot, either in person at your city clerk’s office,
or online at the Secretary of State website or your local
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city government website. Research the candidates. One
way to do this is to see who responded to LIFESPAN’s
candidate survey and what their responses were. Don’t
hesitate to simply call the candidate’s office and ask them if
they are pro-life and if they feel there are any circumstances
where abortion should be legal.
Secondly, realize that you are not asking about a policy,
or how something will be accomplished, but a principle.
A principle that states that all innocent life should be
protected and respected: conception until natural death.
There really is no way to compromise on a principle. Either
you protect and respect innocent human life or you don’t.
The manner in which you go about protecting those lives
is up for debate; that is a policy.
Finally, make sure that you VOTE! Whether by absentee
ballot or in person, your vote matters! The people who take
public office, regardless if it is a city, state or federal position,
influence what happens in people’s lives. They create the
policies that can potentially impact your principles. Make
sure that you elect the people who reflect your principles.
32540 Schoolcraft Rd., Ste. 210, Livonia, MI 48150-4305
Phone 734-422-6230 • Fax 734-422-8116
e-mail: [email protected]
Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 9-2:30; Friday Closed
Eileen Brandt, Director
Anne Marie Morin, Office Assistant
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Wee Care
Dear Friends,
Along with New Life (lots
of it!), this past Spring also
brought a few baby showers
for my precious Wee Care
babies, and I can’t thank you enough! We received adorable
sleepers, onesies, diapers, wipes, crib sheets, baby towels,
beautiful handmade afghans, and so much more. My
gratitude is beyond words!
Each year, we provide over 600 layettes and packages
and we distribute over 5400 sleepers and onesies, 3,000
receiving blankets, 600 packages of diapers, and that is
just a few of the items we give out. I don’t know what
my little ones would do without your love and support!
As I said, there was a lot of “New Life” to celebrate and
provide for. So many phone calls, so many pleas for help
and so many mothers in desperate situations. This past week alone, we helped over thirty moms! One mother of two little ones, had a house fire and
lost everything. Another mother gave birth to twins. They came early,
dad had lost his job and with an eleven-year-old in the
family—there were no hand-me-downs! We also helped a teen, whose parents made her leave
their home when she refused to have an abortion. She is
living with a friend’s grandmother, has decided not to
give her baby up for adoption and is determined to be a
good mom. So many heartbreaking stories that affect so many
families. You will never know how many lives you have
touched and what a difference your love, generosity and
prayers make. In addition to the material goods, you also give our
moms the gifts of hope (that things will get better), peace
of mind (that their babies immediate needs are being
provided) and love (that strangers care about them and
their precious child!).
May God bless you all! Have a beautiful, relaxing
summer (and if you get bored—remember us at garage
sales and clearance sales when you are keeping cool at
the mall!)
Love, Karen
PS: We do have an urgent need for empty copy-paper
boxes with lids to store seasonal baby clothes! (Please call
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32540 Schoolcraft Rd., Ste. 100, Livonia, MI 48150-4305
Phone: 734-524-0165 • Fax: 734-524-0166
Office Hours: By appointment; Karen Patrosso, Director
All material and monetary donations to Wee Care are tax-deductible. Checks
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MICHIGAN NURSES FOR LIFE
ANNUAL FALL CONFERENCE
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The Tragedy of Human Trafficking
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Learn how to identify and help a victim!
LIFESPAN members and general public invited to attend
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Supreme Court Overturns Texas Law
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By Steven Ertelt he Supreme Court on June 27 issued its biggest ruling on abortion since upholding the federal ban on
partial-birth abortions in the Gonzalez decision. The
Supreme Court reversed part of a pro-life Texas law that
protects women’s health and has also saved the lives of
thousands of unborn children and closed abortion clinics
that can’t ensure adequate protection for women.
The high court ruled 5-3 against the Texas pro-life law
with Justice Stephen Breyer writing the decision. Justices
Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor
and Elena Kagan joined Breyer. Chief Justice John Roberts
and Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas dissented.
Breyer’s majority opinion for the court held that the
regulations are medically unnecessary and unconstitutionally limit a woman’s right to an abortion.
The 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
shows the paramount importance of judge’s in this year’s
presidential election. In approving the appeal from abortion companies, the Supreme Court did not allow Texas’
pro-life law to stand.
At issue in the ruling were two provisions—that abortion clinics meet the same building standards as ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) and that abortionists have
admitting privileges at a nearby hospital for situations of
medical emergencies.
Texas’ law is arguably responsible for saving the lives
of tens of thousands of unborn babies by closing abortion
clinics that are unable to protect women’s health. The laws
protects women’s health and welfare by requiring abortion
clinics to meet the kinds of medical and safety standards
that legitimate medical centers meet.
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Breyer wrote that “the surgical-center requirement, like
the admitting privileges requirement, provides few, if any,
health benefits for women, poses a substantial obstacle
to women seeking abortions and constitutes an ‘undue
burden’ on their constitutional right to do so.”
Justice Clarence Thomas, who authored the dissenting
opinion, wrote, “Today the Court strikes down two state
statutory provisions in all of their applications, at the behest
of abortion clinics and doctors. That decision exemplifies
the Court’s troubling tendency ‘to bend the rules when
any effort to limit abortion, or even to speak in opposition
to abortion, is at issue.’”
He continued, “…today’s decision creates an abortion
exception to ordinary rules of res judicata, ignores compelling evidence that Texas’ law imposes no unconstitutional
burden, and disregards basic principles of the severability
doctrine. I write separately to emphasize how today’s
decision perpetuates the Court’s habit of applying different rules to different constitutional rights—especially the
putative right to abortion.”
John Seago, the legislative director for Texas Right to
Life, said the Supreme Court ruling will have a terrible
effect on similar pro-life laws in other states that seek to
protect women and unborn children.
“This dangerous SCOTUS ruling allows the abortion
industry to challenge any safety laws by threatening to
close rather than follow law,” Seago said.
Steve Aden, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, said the ruling puts women’s health at risk. In his
comments to LifeNews.com, he said:
“Abortionists shouldn’t be given a free pass to elude
medical requirements that everyone else is required to
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follow. We are disappointed that the Supreme Court has
ruled against a law so clearly designed to protect the health
and safety of women in the wake of the Kermit Gosnell
scandal. The law’s requirements were commonsense protections that ensured the maximum amount of protection
for women, who deserve to have their well-being treated
by government as a higher priority than the bottom line of
abortionists. Any abortion facilities that don’t meet basic
health and safety standards are not facilities that anyone
should want to remain open.”
Abortion advocates challenged the law and those facility
regulations and hospital admitting requirements, arguing
that these clinics should not be held to the same health
standards as other outpatient ambulatory facilities. The
abortion businesses suing to stop the pro-life law argued
that the effect of the law will be to close many abortion
clinics, thus creating an “undue burden” on the right of
women to have an abortion.
But Attorney General Paxton reminded the justices that,
“Petitioners ignore the fact that under the Fifth Circuit’s
decision, which granted as-applied relief in McAllen, every
metropolitan area with an abortion facility operating today
in Texas will still have an operating abortion facility if the
ruling takes effect.”
Paxton wrote, “States are given wide discretion to pass
medical regulations.” Paxton explained that the admitting
privileges requirement had already been upheld by courts
in a separate lawsuit which “correctly conclude[d] that
the challenged provisions of HB2 do not facially impose
an undue burden.”
Petitioners ask this Court to depart from a quarter-century of this Court’s abortion jurisprudence by judging for
itself the medical effectiveness of HB2’s requirements and
balancing it against the burdens purportedly caused by
HB2. In short, petitioners would have this Court serve as
“the country’s ex officio medical board with powers to
approve or disapprove medical and operative practices
and standards throughout the United States”—a role this
Court has specifically declined to assume.
“[The abortion providers] wish to proceed as if their
first lawsuit against HB 2 never happened,” the state attorneys continued. “But they litigated that case to a final
judgment, and arguments and evidence they chose not to
present there are barred.”
Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller argued the case
before the court earlier this year and he was immediately
met with skepticism from the pro-abortion members of
the high court.
“According to you, the slightest health improvement
is enough to burden the lives of a million women,” Justice
Sonia Sotomayor told him.
Justice Anthony Kennedy is the swing vote on almost
any abortion case and he appeared sympathetic to the
argument that abortion clinics should be expected to
comply with sensible medical standards if given enough
time, according to the Washington Examiner:
“Regulations sometimes take years to adopt,” Kennedy
said. At another point, he suggested the lower district court
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could delay a final decision for a few more years, until it
becomes clear whether clinics remain closed, as opponents
of the law predict, or whether they manage to reopen.
Kennedy has supported some abortion limits in the
past, including the federal ban on partial-birth abortion.
But how far he’s willing to let states go in tamping down
on abortion is not clear.
Roger Severino, director of the Heritage Foundation’s
DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, watched the
oral arguments and said he thought they went as expected.
He is hopeful that Justice Kennedy will side with Texas in
upholding the law.
“We had the liberal/conservative breakdown in the
Court that you would expect among the justices, but
Justice Kennedy, in the few questions he asked, showed
some hesitation about courts second-guessing the state’s
ability to regulate abortion clinics,” Severino said. “Even
Justice Breyer acknowledged the state’s intent in regulating abortion clinics was a legitimate desire to help further
women’s health and not for some nefarious purpose.”
“Justice Alito repeatedly challenged the plaintiffs to
point to the evidence that clinics closed because of these
regulations as opposed to some other reason, and asked
for any evidence that the abortion industry cannot adapt
to the new standards,” he added.
Severino emphasized “this case was about the ability
of Texas to increase the health and safety standards at
abortion clinics. The abortion industry should not get a
special exemption and Texas is well within its rights to act.”
The Supreme Court considered two explicit questions
in the Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstadt case over the
Texas law:
(1) Whether, when applying the “undue burden” standard of Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a court errs by refusing
to consider whether and to what extent laws that restrict
abortion for the stated purpose of promoting health actually
serve the government’s interest in promoting health; and
(2) whether the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth
Circuit erred in concluding that this standard permits
Texas to enforce, in nearly all circumstances, laws that
would cause a significant reduction in the availability
of abortion services while failing to advance the State’s
interest in promoting health—or any other valid interest.
Both of these questions deal with the “undue burden”
standard from Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which has been
used to challenge every type of Pro-Life legislation across
the country since 1992. Whether the abortion industry is
challenging informed consent laws (like Texas’ Sonogram
Bill in 2011), prohibitions on late abortions (as in Arizona
in 2014), or higher medical standards (as in the current
challenge to House Bill 2), the plaintiffs use the vague and
undefined “undue burden” standard in all cases.
The Supreme Court has not directly addressed the issue
of abortion since 2007, when the Court upheld the federal
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in Gonzales v. Carhart.
—LifeNews.com, June 27, 2016
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From the President’s Desk
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My Dear Pro-Life Friends,
think you will agree that this is a very strange election. I hope this issue will help you to make the right
decisions when entering the voting booth.
The challenge this year is to decide who best represents our own philosophy on life issues. Who will protect human life from conception to natural death?
The one thing I have learned through these 46 years
working in the pro-life movement is that there is no perfect candidate running in a government election. It is important that we vet every candidate and vote for the ones
who closely resemble our pro-life views.
Your vote is important—not voting could be a vote for
the pro-death candidate.
I understand that there are issues other than the life
issues. But, the issue of LIFE is the one issue that is paramount! If one is not allowed LIFE, then what do the peripheral needs of the human person matter?
Over three thousand human lives are lost by abortion
in this country every day. These people will not need
social, medical or educational services. They will never
need social programs—they are no more!
So, if you vote for a person who promotes abortion,
assisted suicide or euthanasia, you are voting for the
ultimate injustice—being killed because of progressive
laws—instituted by those who have the power of a vote.
Just look at the past forty-six years? What has happened to our traditional values and the undermining
of the Constitution? Our founding fathers founded this
country on the premise that all people have a right to
LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
Your pro-life vote counts!! Don’t waste it!!
May God give us the courage to continue the good
fight for LIFE!
Diane Fagelman, President
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LIFESPAN NEWS F July 2016
Oh brother: Now “Euthanasia” is “Dignicide”
By Wesley J. Smith
T
he euthanasia movement has always been about finding
words and terms to mask the harshness of killing as a
response to suffering.
Indeed, the word “euthanasia”—good death—did not
originally refer to killing. Rather, it meant dying peacefully
in a state of grace.
Now, the suicide fanatic Faye Girsh—former head of
the Hemlock Society—reporting from a convention of
the World Federation of Right to Die Societies, says the
psychiatrist that brought euthanasia to the mentally ill
in Netherlands has coined an obscuring word to replace
“euthanasia” in the movement’s lexicon.
From her summary:
Boudewijn Chabot (de Einder) disclosed the name of
the patient whose death 25 years ago brought him into
conflict with the Dutch Supreme Court and opened the
way for help for psychiatric patients. He is now using the
term ”dignicide” (which my spell checker is rejecting) as
the word promoted by some to describe a self-selected
rational and dignified death. You can call a dung beetle a butterfly—but it is still a
dung beetle. —Human Exceptionalism, May 26, 2016
LIFESPAN’s Garage Sale was a huge success! All
proceeds go to the Educational Fund: The Wee Care Outreach Program and the Youth Outreach Program. The
weather was wonderful and the location, right next to
a school, brought in a lot of people. Thanks goes out to
the Garage Sale Committee: Anne Marie Morin, Andrew
Reiff, Christina Hansen and Diane Fagelman and all the
wonderful volunteers who came to help set-up the sale,
run the sale and clean-up after the sale. A special thanks
goes out to Ray and Jane Jakubiec, who gave us the location, helped price and sell the items and the clean-up!
They were wonderful!
LIFESPAN’s Cross Display
provides a vivid visual reminder of the tragic loss of life from
abortion. Make arrangements
to display the crosses at your
church or other organization.
Crosses are available by calling
LIFESPAN’s Oakland/Macomb
Chapter for scheduling, 248816-1546. Pictured here is the
Cross Display at St. Mary of the
Hills Catholic Church in Troy,
with church parishioners.
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DATED MATERIAL
…and this is why they are the Pro-Life Generation!
She Went to One of the Most Pro-Abortion Universities
But Became Pro-Life, Here’s How
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By Micaiah Bilger auren Galvan decided to keep an open mind about
the abortion issue when she started her freshman
year at Brown University in 2012.
Galvan, a senior, recently wrote an op-ed for the Brown
Daily Herald about how she began exploring the abortion
issue as a young college student. She said she did not think
much about the issue in high school, and she decided to
change that it college.
It was during a biology class at Brown when Galvan
came to the conclusion that unborn babies are human beings
who deserve the same right to life that other humans do.
She wrote:
Ironically, coming to Brown, arguably the most liberal
school in the Ivy League, was the first step in my conversion
to the pro-life cause. After taking BIOL 0320: “Vertebrate
Embryology” with the late Marjorie Thompson ’74 PhD’79
P’02 P’07 P’09 P’12 P’15 P’16, who was associate dean of
biology, the spring semester of my freshman year, I profoundly changed my disposition on human personhood,
and I became firmly pro-life.
The scientific reality of fetal development first catalyzed
this resolution. In every embryology textbook, I found—as
you will find—irrefutable evidence that an individual
human life begins at conception. At that point, a living
organism with unique human DNA is created. This is
simply a scientific fact, and no amount of arguing from
pro-choicers can make it untrue. What they mean to say
is that this fertilized embryo, though human and alive,
is not yet a person and therefore not protected under the
category of human rights.
Galvan then articulately explained the pro-life position
in her column and pointed out the danger of allowing
society to decide who is a “person” with rights and who
isn’t. She brought up the human rights abuses of slavery
and genocide, which supporters
justified with claims that the targeted groups of people were not
really people.
“Our right to life would not
depend on others’ opinions of us,
but rather on the simple and indisputable fact that we are all human
and that each human life deserves
protection under the law,” Galvan
wrote. “This is the pro-life position
in a nutshell.”
Motivated by her conclusions, Galvan went on to found
the Students for Life at Brown club. She said she can’t even
imagine identifying with the “pro-choice” label that she
once did during her high school days.
“… for to say ‘I am pro-choice’ to other people is to
tell them that I would have or could have supported their
parents’ decisions to terminate their lives. To me, that is the
absolute equivalent of telling someone that his or her life
has neither meaning nor purpose,” Galvan continued. “All
human life has value, and it’s time we start protecting it.”
Modern scientific evidence about human life has drawn
many people to the conclusion that abortion is wrong. In
2013, pro-life writer Sarah Terzo shared a medical student’s
testimony after witnessing an abortion. The man said he
was troubled after watching the abortion as part of his
medical training, and said he could no longer call himself
pro-choice. He said he could not stop thinking about who
that aborted baby boy would have become if he had been
allowed to live.
These facts become clear when people seek the truth
about abortion. Human life begins at the moment of fertilization, and every human being deserves the right to life.
—LifeNews.com, May 18, 2016